Car door



f Maf. 13, 1923,

1,448,287 A. R. COOPER-LET AL GAR DOOR` l Filed Feb. 2, 1922 2 shets-shet 1- @en l Patented Mar. 13, 1923.

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CABTHY, Or' MOBILE., Aree-errecna noon.

Application filed February 2, 1922. Sera1l\Tof533,iO'7.

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Be it l-:nown that we, Arens F.. Coornn and HUGH J. CARTHY, lcitizens of the United States, residingat Mobile, inthe county of Mobile, State of. Alabama, have invented certain new and usefull lmprovernents inCar hanging the door, and-means vfor moving' the door into open and closed position.`

Ano-ther object isto provide a; 'door of this characterv whichl is arranged toA fit snugly within the door opening of the car, with means for permitting the door to be moved outwardlybeyond the outerv face of the car, and then to be `moved longitudinally of the car, away from the opening.

A furtherfobject isto provide a device of this character wherein the operating mechanism of the doorisl so co-nstructed and arranged that when the door is in either open or closed position, there will beno projecting parts to be engaged by outside objects, and be broken oif thereby.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent -from the following description when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings. Y i

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is an elevation of our improved car door, in closed position.

Figure 2 is an' elevation of the same in partially open position, showing the upper portion of the metal plate 16 broken away.

Figure 3 is a vertical longitudinal section on the line 3- -3 of Fig. 1.

Figure L1' is a horizontal sectional view taken on the line 4 4 of Figure 2, just above the hangers and track.

Figure 5 is an enlarged vertical sectional view on the line 5 5 of Figure 2, the closed position being shown in dotted lines.

Figure 6 is a vertical sectional view on the line 6-6 of Figure 2.

Referring particularly to the accompanyingdrawings, `10 represents the side wall of a car, in which is formed a doorway 11." The sides, top, and Vbottom members of they doorway are beveled andincline.inwardly, asl-shown at 12 and 13, respectively, for engagement of 'the correspondingly beveled ec ges 1li and 15,' of thedoor 16. Thefouterf face of the door has secured thereto a rmetal` plate 16', thev upper and lower edges which project from the corresponding edges of the door, to engage the4 outer face of the car wall, surrounding the doorway. 1t will'` be noted, upon reference' to` Figures-3 and 6,

that it is necessary to move the {door vertically, as well 'as horizontally "inward, to properly engage the upper beveled edge 14, inwardly of the beveled portion-12,9offthe. doorway. On the outerwface ofthe carwall, above the doorway, there` is'mounted the track 17, on which Vare `disposed theyrollered` hangers 18. Disposed across the lower portion of the outer'faceof thedoorvis a hatten 19, and formed verticallyA of the door,"` through the end portions of the hatten, are the notches 20. Slidablfe through these.

notches 20, are the vertical Hat-bars` 21,.dis-` f posed agains the door, and `hingedtothe upper ends of these/'bars arethe lower ends 'I of the hangers 18. It* will ybe noted thatfthe hangers extend downwardlyforf'quite a distance on` the doorfw'here they are hinged to'4 the barsv 21, this'permittingsufiicientfplay for the doorto move intoi'and out' of the doorway. Loops 22,A` c'arriedbythe door, straddle the bars 21, to serve as guides as the door `is moved upwardly and downwardly, into closed and open position.

Loops 28 straddle the hanger bars 21", adi jacent the upper'end of the door, but these loops are of greater depth than the loops 22, to permit the hangersto swing outwardly, when the door is being moved into open posimon.` extended horizontally outwardly, and thence upwardly, as shown at 24, to limit the downward movement of the door, and whereon the door is supported from the hangers, for lateral sliding movement' away from the doorway.

ln the lower end of the' outer face of each side stile of the doorway, there is formed a triangular notch or'recess 25, and secured to the door-frame, below each of the notches or recesses, is an upwardly and inwardly curved member 26. Supported for rotary rThe lower ends of the bars' 21 are movement by the brackets 27, is a transverse shaft 28, the intermediate portion of which is formed with an angular loop 29, forming a handle, whereby the shaft may be rotated. Each end of the shaft 28 is turned downwardly at right angles, as at 30, and the terminals of the portions 30 are turned to eX- tend horizontally outwardly in opposite directions, as shown at 31. These ends 31 are engaged behind the curved members 26, when the door is in closed position, and into the upper ends of the recesses 25, when the door is in open position. Pivotally mountred on the outer face of the door, above the central crank portion 29, is a hasp 32, which is arranged to be swung down across the said crank portion, and receive the staple 33 through its other end, a pin, or lock 34 being passed through the staple.

Extending longitudinally and centrally of the outer face of the door, is a vertical rod or shaft 35, the lowei` end of which extends through a notch 36, in the intermediate portion of the hatten 19, and is turned at right angles, where it is provided with a handgrip .37. T he upper end of the rod 35 is extended at right angles inwardly, at 33, toward the wall of the car, and the terminal of this portion is extended downwardly between the wall of the car and the track 17. lt will be noted that the crank portion 38 extends in a direction opposite to that of the lower end 37, whereby when the portion 37 lies iatly against the door, the portion 38 will lie in approximately the same position. VV hen the handle 37 is swung outwardly from the door, the crank portion 38 will engage with the wall of the car, and cause the door to swing out of the door way, and away from the car wall, with the result that the door will slide downwardly on the bars 21, until stopped -by the ends 24, when the door will be suspended in a vertical position on the hangers 18. The door may then be Maase? the hangers and bars, certain of the maintaining means being formed to permit pivotal movement of the door and links, stops on the bars, andmeans on the door for engagement with the stops to limit the relative movement oi" said door and bars.

2. The combination with a car wall having doorway yand a track thereabove, of hangers on the track, a door, vertically aligned loops on the door, the uppermost of the loops being longer than the others, a transverse bar .fixed on the lower portion of the door, vertical bars slidalole through the loops and beneath the transverse bar, links hinged to the lower ends of the hangers and to the upper ends of the bars, the hangers being arranged to play in the longer loops upon movement of the door into and out of the doorway, and outwardly extending projections on the lower ends of the vertical bars for engagement by the transverse bar to limit the downward movement of the door.

ln testimony whereof we affix our signatures in the presence of two witnesses.

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TWitnesses:

V. D. HURLBERT, A, A. DAvIDsoN. 

